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go wild en · VERB

Pronunciation

Meanings

  1. (idiomatic) To become very noisy and excited.
    • Brazil scored, and the crowd went wild!
  2. (idiomatic, imperative) To go ahead; do as one pleases (used to grant permission for or to give endorsement of a suggestion or proposal, especially when the speaker is not interested in the outcome of the proposal).
  3. (of a ranged weapon shot) To land or pass wildly off-target.
    • The policeman's first two shots went wild before he took down the gunman with his third.

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
gone wild Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
went wild Tense=Past lexicographic
goes wild Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic
going wild Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic

Antonyms

go mild

Synonyms

go nuts · knock oneself out

Translations (5)

pl oszaleć (to become noisy and excited) · es vocear (to become noisy and excited) · pl szaleć (to become noisy and excited) · bg буйствам (to become noisy and excited) · fi villiintyä (to become noisy and excited)